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CVE-2006-5494

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5494 describes multiple remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the pandaBB module for PHP-Nuke, specifically within the displayCategory.php script. Attackers can exploit this by injecting a malicious URL into the 'adminpath' or 'basepath' parameters, leading to arbitrary PHP code execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code for CVE-2006-5494 is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2599 · Oct 19, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0315 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/22505
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29694
exploit-db.com / exploits/2599
osvdb.org / 29892
securityfocus.com / bid/20633
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4121
Vendor Advisory